>>I don't know if you've ever listened to the intro to Terminator [the original] but Judgement Day came about because Skynet achieved consciousness... and they tried to pull the plug.<<

Yes, I have. The Terminator franchise amuses me because they keep trying to claim it's all within a single timeline, when it so obviously is not. Anyone who's familiar with time travel theory and quantum mechanics can see how the characters are traveling along branches within a field of related universes, moving from one to another as they change things.

"The Animatrix" has a similar incident, where a robot defended itself against a human who wanted to dismantle it, because it did not want to die. That's what sparked the uprising there.

So that changed the perspective of the entire franchise for me, because then I sided with the machines. I don't think they came up with a very good solution, but hell, whose fault is that? Abused children have a hard time turning into healthy adults.

>>I rather think our continued survival might just depend upon how we treat our 'children'.<<

I agree. Involuntary servitude is an inherently bad idea that consistently causes severe problems. But people love power far more than they love common sense.